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Chapter Three. "The Hidden and the Evil"

Garius was screaming terribly from the opposite side. And for good reason—the explosion had torn his arm off. But that was insignificant at the moment.
Kai grabbed the ankle of the orc shaman and yanked it hard downward. With a shriek and curses, the non-human went on a long flight to the bottom of the gorge. Taking a deep breath, the monk pulled himself up and moved to the upper side of the bridge walkway where he had been hanging. Together with the priest and the ranger, they crushed the enemy archers, who had lost their magical support. The mage's screams were fading—the brother and the bard were dragging him away from the battlefield toward Ennelia, who was rushing to help.
Clearing his mind of extraneous thoughts, the monk dissolved into the blizzard. They had managed to penetrate the enemy perimeter. All that was necessary now was to enter the fortress. The key to the back entrance was held by the commander, who was resting in the company of a couple of trolls at the other end of the camp.
— On three, — commanded the ranger. — One, two... three.
Each received a precise arrow straight to the skull. One of the trolls got a fire arrow, and the flash attracted nearby guards. They didn't have time to raise the alarm. The deacon didn't allow them to scream, and in a couple of seconds, they were bristling with arrows like hedgehogs.
They took the key from the commander's body and delved into the tunnels. It wasn't so bad in the tunnels. The decision to attack the fortress at night proved justified—most of the garrison was fast asleep. Their sleep became even more permanent after the trio pedantically and foully slit everyone's throats.
— This will come in handy, — Sarg tossed, emptying the wallets of the deceased.
Magic, unfortunately, could not penetrate tons of rock, and the fighters were left without communication with their comrades. They advanced quickly. Tunnel-scout-lightning suppression. Once, the priest dragged back a "tongue."
— Where is the general?! — a blow from a gauntlet knocked the goblin two meters back. The wretched creature writhed on the floor, spitting blood mixed with rotten teeth.
— Boss, boss is upstairs! In headquarters! — the beast shrieked while the deacon carved bloody patterns into its skin with a blade.
— We need a human. A prisoner, — reminded the ranger.
— Upstairs! Upstairs! The prison! Mercy! — the goblin's squeal cut off when the ranger's foot in a heavy boot descended upon its skull.
The three left the corpse-filled tunnels.

— What is this? — Sarg asked, pointing to a blood-stained stone of an unknown shape lying next to a disemboweled orc.
— I believe it's some kind of talisman, — suggested Kai, picking through a chest. — Hey, was there no key anywhere?
— A key?.. — Sarg replied distractedly, not taking his eyes off the pebble. — Ask the mage...
— The mage is in another hall. Do you smell burning?
— That's me setting rags on fire; there are no mages there, — Erkenbert intervened. — To smoke the bastards out of the bunker.
— Hmm... But shouldn't you be in there right now? — the Barbarian raised his eyebrows in confusion.
— No. I inscribed protective runes. Their backsides will get a good roast in there. Carrion, — the deacon spat blood onto the cluttered floor, which did not look any less dirty or bloody because of it.
The monk puffed, but still could not open the chest.
— Boys, help me open this damn box. Sarg, stick your huge tool in here and push hard. And you, Father, hit it right here.
The wood creaked and the lid flew off its hinges. There was nothing inside.
— Bah...
The ranger, glancing around stealthily, finally picked up the pebble and stuffed it into his pocket.
The pocket trembled and smelled of burning as the three approached a staircase covered in patterns.
— Aha! — Sarg exclaimed. — See! Magic!
He triumphantly raised the pebble above his head, but immediately dropped it, shaking his burned fingers.

The stairs led them into the inner courtyard. It would have been better if they hadn't; the yard was swarming with enemies.
— I have a plan, — suggested the monk. — We'll throw on some orc rags and in this darkness, and in the blizzard, we'll pass for garrison soldiers.
— The stupidest plan I've ever heard, — Erkenbert replied. — Here is mine—we sneak onto the walls, take out the sentries, and launch a hurricane barrage into the inner courtyard from there.
— I don't like it. You can't get through there; see those brutes with poleaxes? — objected the ranger. — By the way, one is heading our way.
And indeed—a vile bandit was walking straight toward them, who were hunkered down behind a pile of barrels. He opened one and began rummaging through it, pulling out raw fish and devouring it whole.
— Pss!
The orc picked his nose and stared in surprise into the darkness.
— Pss!
The orc picked his nose and stared in surprise into the darkness.
— Pss!!! Over here, — came an irritated whisper from behind the barrels.
The orc entered the dark nook. Immediately, one set of hands removed his helmet, while another hit him over the head with something heavy and blunt.
— We could have just slit his throat, — the deacon kicked the body.
— Yeah... I didn't quite think it through, — confessed the ranger. — What are you doing?..
Erkenbert, ignoring him, performed passes over the sentry's body. The sentry's body opened its eyes, rose, and stared into space. Sarg began to strike him frantically until he got hit in the eye by the deacon.
— Calm down! From now on, this is my servant. He is dead! — he addressed the zombie. — Servant! Take this bottle of bubbling explosive liquid, go over to those containers with the skull and crossbones drawn in chalk, and attract the soldiers' attention. And then blow everything up there.
— I think it's just a brainless corpse, and he doesn't understand you, — Kai objected.
— Shut up, — Erkenbert stared intently at the zombie, and the latter, with the bottle, plodded toward the far end of the inner courtyard.
Stopping near the dangerous containers, he growled and stomped his feet. Despite the shouts of the guards, he did not fall silent, and a dozen non-humans headed toward him. The zombie swung the bottle, and it burst in his fist; the liquid flowed down his arm onto the snow.
— Damn! — the priest jerked.
But Sarg, without losing a second, fired one last fire arrow straight into the puddle. Fire flared up and immediately engulfed the crates, which exploded deafeningly, spraying a terrible mustard gas everywhere, from which flesh peeled off the bones.

— It seems they are doing quite well, — Derien noted, watching the explosion from behind the fortress walls.
— Stop chatting! — Ennelia snapped at him. — Keep your hand steady, or it won't heal!

— Seems like it's all cleared up, right? — Sarg asked Kai, who was peering into the darkness.
— Clear. Let's go.
The warriors left their cover and, trying not to step on the mash of bodies, entered the fortress.
— We enter, take it, and leave, — the Barbarian announced the new plan.
— Take what, you idiot? Our goal is the warlord! — barked the deacon.
— You'll get a beating for calling me an idiot! — Sarg swung his axe.
— Shut up, — Kai said. — And fight these orcs and goblins instead.
An enemy squad was running toward them down the corridor. A bloody battle ensued, in which, naturally, Sarg, Kai, and Erkenbert won, while the orcs and goblins lost.
— Oh, look! Who do we have here? — asked Sarg, who loved to inspect and feel corpses.
— This one? Hmm... Looks tough, — provided a valuable observation from the observant and clever Kai.
— This is Gutma, the chief commander of the Horde, who was also our objective, — articulated Erkenbert, an admirer of military bearing. — He fell to my powerful magical strike, which shattered his ribcage.
— Sure, sure, — grumbled Sarg, inspecting and feeling the corpses for useful items.
In a small room nearby, they found Braston.
— People! You killed Gutma! The Horde will be defeated! My name is Braston, I am a scout from Targos! Ennelia and I went to scout the situation, but I was captured. Please, free me!
Erkenbert smirked:
— We'll free you if you have something that can reward our efforts.
Braston's gaze glazed over for a moment, then he shook his head.
— Sorry, I have nothing, but Lord Albrek will pay you a bonus for my rescue.
Muttering curses under their breath, the three took the fourth with them and, wading knee-deep through corpses, made the long journey back to their temporary camp.
— Braston!
— Ennelia!
— Braston!
— Ennelia!
Grimacing and turning away from the couple who had collapsed into the snow, the bard addressed the trio.
— Well. Got anything?
The Barbarian silently dumped a pile of gold and iron looted from the fortress out of his bag.
— Why in the snow... Am I supposed to collect them with magic now?..

We returned from the bridge quest and received a new one: capture the enemy Fortress and kill their leader.

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We arrived at the location at night. Not on the same day, but a few days later, as it was a long walk. There we were met by the scout Targosa, who told us a bit about the enemy and mentioned that her partner had been captured.
We ran around the outskirts to scout things out, but we didn't attack. It's hard to see at night and fighting is more difficult

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The first tough fight didn't take long to happen. It occurred at the very first bridge) and it was all because of an orc shaman who, upon seeing us, ran to beat his tambourine (no, not us, but the instrument) and summoned reinforcements of warg riders. This time he failed, because Loki charmed him with his... charm, of course. If you look closely, you can see the shaman's staff poking out from under the bugbear's feet. The thing is, the shaman got stuck in a web, just like the others, then breathed some gas and collapsed. He was practically trampled there. What a drunk

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We finally crossed the bridge. No orc blockade will stop us when the goal is a football match

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And this is essentially one of the tambourines. Well yeah, they are always present at football matches
By the way, we acted cleverly, attacking via the cliff.

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And this is the toughest fight on the surface, and maybe for the whole Fortress. There were only five freaks (two trolls, an ogre, an orc archer, and a named orc shaman), but we couldn't seem to kill them. We managed to win with incredible struggle. It took about an hour or even more =\ we ran around a lot. Once we went on the attack, and I left the bard behind because his HP was low. That shaman summoned reinforcements, which ran in from behind and right onto the bard x(
Even though not all of them were trolls, they trolled us well. I actually liked it)

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On the right is their camp, and that's where the little shaman is lying) I tried fitting the bard with medium armor and the look changed; there's a lot of red now, even though blue is set as the primary color. It looked right in light armor, but not here. If I change the colors and make blue the secondary color, there will be more of it. I think I changed it here. So that's how it is

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From the street, we entered a cave. The first room turned out to be packed with sleeping enemies, who woke up quickly\ but we already have our own tactic: root + cloud)

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If the enemy is always in a web and mustard gas, then we are in some kind of junk. This time it's colorful

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And this screen is very cool) We were walking through the cave and stumbled upon a room with spiders. The zombie opened the door, the spiders crawled out, and we were like: paws up, hairy faces... legs, body, and everything else! And don't even think about shooting your sticky web at us! They didn't actually think about shooting, because they didn't know how =\ and we killed them all x(

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Now we are in their little apartment, looking around. Deciding whether to take things or not. The eight-legged ones lived pretty well, by the way

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We decided to walk further and reached a door. It turned out to be a troll den. They were training trolls there. We tried to arrest them all at once, like a pre-planned raid. One troll believed us and stood by the door with his hands up, although maybe he's just dancing. The second one (red) had no intention of surrendering; he started walking toward us threateningly... well, like a thug. All hunched over, arms tucked in, knees too, and not a beauty to look at. We had to kill him

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Then we exited into the next room; there were more people and the chief of the ogres. But we didn't attack; we decided to return to the beginning and go through the door. Now this was a real raid) we gave the password and the door was opened, and upon seeing who we were, the gang of scoundrels pounced on us. We began to retreat, ran back into the first room, and now we defended ourselves in it) The defensive tactic worked as always and the first level was cleared.

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We descended further, and they were already waiting for us. Everything happened just like in the movies) two sides and everyone starts shooting simultaneously, except we were casting spells at the same time.
By the way, if you don't know who is who by the portraits: Alphi, cleric, monk, Garius, bard, Barbarian

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BAM.

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Further we went along a narrow path. A skeleton went ahead and tanked, while we shot from our weapons.

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We left only corpses behind us, as seen in this screen.
Here, a big guy managed to get through to us and started showing off. Kai couldn't resist and got lost between his legs =(

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And this is the land of Belly-land. Everyone there is pot-bellied because... well, it's obvious, because they eat dogs. You can see the little corpses

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We continued further until we clashed with a large group of mobs. In this battle, Lok and I had to split up: he stayed behind to fight the enemies, and I ran after an orc, who in turn ran to beat his tambourine. While he was beating the tambourine, we beat his tambourine and finally killed him. Two little nobodies followed us, but I dealt with them.

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Afterwards, we stumbled upon a zoo. Beetles and otigies lived there. Lok was shocked when he saw such monsters (for the first time), and the otigies themselves were stunned when they saw Lok.
We just wanted to look and leave, but one of the otigies started teasing us, making faces (visible in the screen) and the Barbarian couldn't take it x( He broke the lock, burst into the cage and killed everyone there.

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Here we returned to the first level to the demon-troll, who sired demon-goblins. Basically, he asked us to deliver a message that a goblin from Belly-land was withholding, and that one in turn asked for a pepper from his brother, whom the troll had eaten. In the end, the deal was made and everyone was satisfied.

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Ally

In Prestium, I arrived just in time; the enemies were already at the city walls. A small group of elves had captured the bridge, and dwarves were guarding the exit. The city's defenders were led by Plonk, who told me that lizard reinforcements were expected, but they wouldn't be able to cross the bridge while it was guarded by the enemy. This became our objective: to clear the bridge and help our allies reach us. We quickly captured the bridge and then began to advance on the enemy camps. A group of trolls headed towards the dwarves, and a group of orcs towards the elves. At that time, Inarix arrived from the south with his lizards. He was already being met, but not by us, but by the elves and humans. Fortunately, there weren't many of them, and our friends were able to hold them off. When the leaders of the two camps were almost surrounded by my army, reinforcements suddenly arrived for them, and I had to retreat in a hurry. Unfortunately, there were some losses, but the main army was saved, and most importantly, the lizards were able to reach our fort. When the army crossed the bridge, I ordered one of the soldiers to blow it up, and the southern part went underwater.

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clearing the bridge

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our green friends have arrived

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this is already clearing the area in front of the bridge so that our friends can pass without hindrance
the bandits turned out to be surprisingly strong; it's just strange that the dwarves were hiring them

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we almost didn't manage to kill the elven leader (his army was in the Silent Forest, by the way)

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we almost didn't kill the dwarf either

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then there was a sudden reinforcement and a retreat. See the orc covering the retreat? He sacrificed himself and blew up a barrel floating in the water. Gruu shouted to him: "See you, Pronk." And he just screamed in response and exploded. But the bridge was blown up, and the enemy can't pass for now

At the Bridge

Destroying the bridge only bought us some time, but the threat remained. After a while, the enemy began their offensive. In addition to elves and dwarves, humans and then tritons appeared. The main enemy forces tried to break through by water, where the bridge used to be. Griffins flew through the air and tried to attack from the rear, as did the tritons attacking from the sea. But there were those to defend the shore. We held out for four days until the shamans and the horde arrived. The enemy immediately retreated when they saw them. Now the initiative is shifting to our side. We will pursue the humans and crush them with our might. The hunt has begun...

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I stood here and defended the entire map.

Pursuit

After the victory in Prestime, the shamans held a council and discussed further actions. It was decided to divide the horde, and a part of it was sent southwest under the leadership of Shchegol. There, they were to establish themselves in Bitke and cut off the path for the people who attacked Tirigaz, as well as prevent new possible attacks. The second part of the horde remained with Kapue. They set off for the human city of Dorset, which was located southeast of Prestime. That is where Count Lanbek'h fled. The shamans themselves went to Borstep, which is located north of the Mournful Hills. There, they will organize new orc squads and supply depots.
The journey to Dorset did not take long, but unfortunately, Lanbek'h was not there. The vile coward is running away, leaving pseudo-commanders to cover his retreat. Dorset was defended by a certain Arthur, apparently one of those people. After a couple of hours, the city was captured.

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so we're going with the guys...

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and hop! we meet other guys. and it all starts.

Waiting for Winter

The Orcish army fortified itself in Dorset and cleared out nearby fortresses, suppressing rebellions. After a few weeks, snow fell, and a few days later, a scout arrived in the city. He reported that Borstep was under siege by dwarves, elves, and bandits. This greatly surprised the Orcs, as Borstep is located in the center of Orcish lands, and how such a large enemy army could have passed through, and remained undetected, was a mystery. Moreover, this city was a gathering point for troops and a weapons depot. Kapue began to suspect that this was the work of traitors. Regardless, he took the majority of the army and set off for Borstep. The journey took a long time. When the Orcs arrived in the city, they saw that Borstep was completely destroyed. All the inhabitants were killed. And there were no traces of the shamans. Kapue set up camp and sent scouts in all directions. After a few days, news arrived. Traces of the enemy army were spotted, heading east. Kapue gathered his troops and set off in pursuit. After three days, they caught up with the enemy. The dwarves and bandits fortified themselves in old Orcish forts, trying to delay us. Meanwhile, the elves continued on their way to Melmog (Kapue's hometown). Rumor has it that they had prisoners, presumably our shamans.

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Me and my army. The snow did hinder the movement of units.

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A map for battles

The Death of the Worthy

After defeating the dwarves, Kapue and his army continued their journey. Soon, they caught up with the elves and humans near Kapue's hometown. The enemy was stationed in four camps, so Kapue decided to divide his forces as well. Gruu with the trolls was to attack from one side, two orcs from two other sides, and Kapue himself from the southwest. The battle was fierce, but the orcs ultimately prevailed. After the battle, they captured the elven commander and began to interrogate him. He revealed that Shegol had betrayed them and leaked information about Borstep to the enemy. The elf also told them that the humans had killed the shamans. Unfortunately, this turned out to be true.

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The beginning of the attack. It was quite difficult because the allies took away some of my units (especially the trolls, as they were practically the backbone of the army).

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The northern flank

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The main fortresses

Blood of Traitors

After destroying the enemy, the orcs continued to roam the surrounding areas for some time, finishing off the survivors. Then, a lull came. Kapue understood that without the advice of the shamans, the horde could disintegrate, and the orcs would start fighting among themselves again. To prevent this, he sent his commanders to recruit new soldiers, and he himself headed to Bitok, where the traitor Shchegol was located. But before that, he had to break through the treacherous orc tribes.

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a rather interesting and challenging map.
I decided to divide the army and sent the trolls south, while I went west. But there were too many enemies, as many as four, and they all came from the west. I had to retreat and bring two trolls back) while I was defending my fortress, three trolls passed through the orc camps and destroyed their leaders.

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and here we simultaneously approached the last two camps.

Early Spring


In about three months, the orcs reached Bitok. Shegol was surprised by our appearance, so he probably fled, leaving one of his commanders to fight us. While we were defeating Shegol's army, he had already disappeared. It was a pity to let him go; he was probably gathering an army from neighboring tribes, just like us. But it's okay, we'll have time to take revenge on him later. For now, we need to go to Dorset and repel the human attack.

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I arrived, and there were two enemy castles right next to me) I had to split into two groups and capture them.

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Here we fought our way through the chaos and are now near the city, as always.
In general, the missions have become somewhat monotonous and boring.

The Secret of the Past

Upon arriving in Dorset, Kapue met with his generals, Al'Broc and Flartar, who had brought a large army of recruits. For several weeks, the orcs fortified their positions, awaiting the humans. And then the day of battle arrived. Blood stained the grass, and the bodies of humans and orcs littered the valley. Just when it seemed the battle was about to end and Grar was ready to strike Count Lanbek'h with his sword, the humans from the Northern Alliance appeared. They intervened in the battle, and the fighting stopped. They knew that the Count had started the war, and the commander invited Kapue to a council to resolve all issues. But he refused, reminding them that twenty-seven years ago, they had treacherously killed his father, also inviting him to a council. However, Hogart replied that they had not killed his father and that he had, in fact, declined the invitation through a messenger. It turned out that the messenger was Shegol, and he had deliberately orchestrated this. Now everything was clear, and Kapue thirsts for revenge.

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Human Fortress) Yes, it's huge.

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And these are our forces.)

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And an epic battle

Blood Feud

In the end, Kapue agreed to meet with the people. It was decided that he would return Dorset, and the people would stop attacking the orc lands. Unexpectedly, during the negotiations, orcs appeared and attacked them. They were led by Shchegol. Lanbek'h, who had been in his fortress, joined him. Together, they decided to get rid of Kapue and the people of the Northern Alliance. But can two stand against four? I could, but they failed, and the enemy army was defeated.
The Northern Alliance invited Kapue to join them, but he refused and returned to Barag Gor, making it the capital of the orc lands and proclaiming himself king.

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Sudden ambush :O

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Shan Taum Shchegol. A treacherous traitor

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and this is us, four against the count (we were also helped by people from the Northern Alliance)

PS, phew, it's all over. This campaign finally ended. It was too long and a bit boring.

I decided to finally start a new campaign for the humans, called The Rebirth of the North.
It's a bit tedious to write, but I planned to post it a long time ago, as well as the next one, which will be about the elves, so I'll see it through to the end.

The game begins in the city of Dwarven Gates, which is located near the dwarven caves. This city started as a trading post for humans and dwarves, and later elves joined them. But the main inhabitants were still humans and dwarves (the city was located on their border). The settlement developed and grew, eventually turning into a rich city. The inhabitants did not forget about defense, because wealth always attracts unwanted guests. Of course, ordinary bandits could not cause much harm, but soon orcs appeared. At first, these were small raids, then the armies became larger and larger, until one day a whole horde of orcs arrived. Despite all the efforts of the defenders, the city fell. The dwarves were driven back into their caves, and the humans were taken into slavery.
*a long and boring story about how the humans lived in slavery under the orcs for a long time. then heroes (King Conrad, an old mage (probably Delphador) and an elven lord (maybe Kalenz)) came in search of a ruby, cutting through the ranks of the orcs and inspiring everyone with words, although they didn't save anyone, and then left*
Much time passed, but the people did not forget that event. In their hearts lived the hope that one day they would regain their freedom. Some began to train at night, learning the art of combat. One of these people was a young man named Tallinn. His father worked as a blacksmith, so his family lived easier, as this position was respected by the orcs. The young man grew up and gained strength, and his mother also taught him to read and write.
And then one day, a neighboring tribe attacked the city (apparently, all the neighboring lands were already occupied by orcs). Or rather, they didn't attack, but began to make raids, so the orc chieftain from Dwarven Gates had to station soldiers from the city on the border, thereby weakening control over the slaves. Naturally, the people decided to take advantage of this situation and try to break free...


1. The First Step
While the orcs were dealing with each other, the peasants quickly gathered and armed themselves with pitchforks and weapons that Tallinn stole from the warehouse.
I lined up the peasants in front of the forest and waited for the orcs to kill each other. I sent a couple of people on reconnaissance to capture the houses. In the north, in the mountains, I discovered an old dwarven tunnel and decided to explore it. I sent a peasant there, and a moment later he flew out of there screaming, followed by five trolls. He was a brave peasant. I got a little lucky, and three of the trolls headed down to the orcs, and the other two came to me. I had to fight them. Then I fought off a couple of orcs who suddenly decided to attack me. Then I regrouped and began the attack. Slowly but surely, we advanced towards our goal, and in the end, the orcs were destroyed.

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Peasant uprising

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two fools fighting each other

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sudden troll attack from the cave =(

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surrounded the beast and killed it, at the cost of several lives

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fighting for freedom
PS Zleks is my peasant friend, with whom the main character sometimes chats

2. In the Darkness

The people rejoiced in their victory; they gathered all the weapons from the warehouses and began to consider what to do next. It was clear that the orcs would return to take revenge, and then all the people would surely be killed. Someone remembered the dwarves who lived nearby and had been allies in the past, but no one had heard anything about them for a long time. There were rumors that they had all been killed, and now the undead roamed the tunnels, killing everything that lived. The peasants hesitated for a long time, but unexpectedly, help arrived from the forest – a group of forest vagrants who were allied with bandits, poachers, and robbers. They offered their help in the fight against the orcs, as they themselves were fighting them. The villagers and the forest dwellers formed an alliance, and the latter selected the strongest among the locals and invited them to join them to teach the peasants the art of combat.
Half a month passed, and one night, the people woke up to the sound of orcish drums. At the same time, the scouts who had been training with the vagrants returned. Everyone waited for Tallin's command. The choice was not great, so the people gathered all their belongings and headed to the Knagl caves, facing the unknown, hoping to survive there.
There were enough dangers in the caves. We encountered not only trolls but also the undead. The only good thing was that they were fighting each other. Three tribes of trolls and two camps of the undead. I defeated the small trolls, but I had problems with their last camp and the undead. I couldn't break out of my territory. Skeletons were running from above and below, and trolls were coming from the east. But we were lucky again, and with the help of the dwarves who came to our aid, we defeated the enemies.

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This is when we just entered, and there were so many turns right away. I sent scouts in all directions.

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This is the center, where the major clashes took place. In the south, one troll (Lok) held back the skeletons for quite a long time until I intervened.

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North. In the house on the clearing, we found an archmage who gladly joined us. He is a bit crazy and loves to burn orcs, trolls, and the undead.

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South. Here, we found a secret door, which I would have been better off not finding. Then I had to defend myself from the skeletons. There was a similar one at the top, but my strong units were able to defend themselves there.

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And here are the dwarves. They tore everyone to shreds

3. To the Mines

After defeating the enemies, the dwarves invited us to their place. The leaders of the two peoples talked for a long time and eventually decided that they should help each other. The humans will help clear the dungeon of trolls and undead, and in return, the dwarves will provide weapons and armor. But since the dwarves have very few supplies of their own, new equipment needs to be made, and for that, ore is needed. The team of humans and dwarves decided to go to the nearest mine along the surface. However, they were in for a surprise at the top – a camp of wolf riders. Fortunately, there were few of them, so it was easy to get through.

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my army of revolutionaries